GGW on the Parking Zoning Hearing

It's all interesting, but for those of you who only care about bikes:

Several witnesses spoke up for bike parking, though they engendered less controversy than the minimums. But the representative from WABA (whose name I didn't write down) generated one of the few real moments when Zoning Commissioners engaged the witnesses. He suggested doubling OP's suggested bike parking requirements for schools; the current proposal calls for one bicycle space per classroom.

Commissioner Michael Turnbull, the representative from the Architect of the Capitol, jumped in. "Doesn't [two spaces per classroom] seem kind of low? What do you do, fight in the schoolyard" for who gets the space? Peter May, from the National Parks Service and the other federal representative on the board, added that the rack at his son's school certainly fills up. Commissioner Gregory Jeffries added, "What could be more important than training young people in the use of bicycles?" It sounds like the Office of Planning is going to be reexamining, and raising, some of their bicycle parking numbers.

Sounds like everything's coming up Millhouse.

Comments

[Bonzai Buckaroo]

Instead of trying to figure "the number" of bicycle spaces per classroom, why not just develop a plan that locates as many spaces as possible where racks may be installed and install them as funding becomes availabe?